Archer Wind, Archer’s floating offshore wind solutions provider, is pleased to announce the award of its first contract by TotalEnergies for delivery of the floating wind foundation for the Culzean Wind Pilot. 

The Culzean Wind Pilot will be connected to the Culzean platform, an offshore oil and gas facility 230 kilometres off the East coast of Scotland and will provide renewable electricity to supplement the existing power generation from gas turbines.  

Installation of the project will take place in late 2025 and Archer Wind is already progressing with detailed engineering and engaging key fabrication and assembly subcontractors to ensure timely execution of the project.

Wolfgang Wandl, CEO of Archer Wind commented:
"We are honoured to collaborate with TotalEnergies on this pilot project and combine our project execution expertise with Ocergy's next generation floating foundation design. We are set to advance the standards in the floating wind industry and reduce the levelized cost of energy with one of the most promising floater designs in the market. 

This contract underscores Archer’s development of renewable energy services with our customers and highlights the company's capacity in floating offshore wind solutions.” 

About the project 

TotalEnergies E&P North Sea UK Limited is proposing the construction and deployment of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) at their existing Culzean platform in the Central North Sea, around 222km east of Aberdeen. The project aims to demonstrate the possibility of powering one of our oil and gas assets with renewable electricity, as well as how we’re decarbonising our operations. 

The pilot project has two main objectives: 

Qualify a new concept of semi-submersible floater to support the wind turbine; and 
Perform a hybrid power test on an oil and gas facility

A single floating wind turbine will be built in a single phase and will supply renewable wind power to the Culzean platform. 

The project will comprise one floating wind turbine with a capacity of 3 MW, a test floater and mooring system technologies for offshore floating wind. It is proposed that the floating turbine will be linked via a 2 km export cable. There will be no cable links to shore.

Key project components 

The Culzean floating wind pilot will consist of the following key components:

• A single wind turbine
• A floater to support the wind turbine
• A single export cable from the turbine to the Culzean platform, and
• Mooring and anchoring systems to connect the floating substructure to the seabed

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